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Calculating Overtime Wages

By: Patrick Hanan | 2010-10-19 | Law
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) states that most workers, hourly and salaried, required or allowed to work more than 40 hours a week have a legal right to overtime compensation. One can usually calculate overtime as 1.5 times an employee's regular hourly rate of pay. read more

California Overtime Law

By: Patrick Hanan | 2010-11-03 | Law
The Fair Labor Standards Act explicitly allows that states may have higher minimum wages, more comprehensive overtime provisions, and laws concerning time off if they choose to legislate them. Not all California labor law provisions are covered by the Federal government, concerning those three areas and others. read more

An Employees Guide to Overtime Wage Claims

By: Tiana Smarandescu | 2012-01-26 | Law
Many employers do not pay employees properly. In most years, the Department of Labor receives approximately 35,000 complaints from employees about unpaid wages or benefits. read more

New York Overtime Law

By: Patrick Hanan | 2010-11-03 | Law
Overtime law in New York, as well as other New York labor laws, is subject to the requirements of the Federal government, outlined in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). However, when individual state labor laws can provide added benefit to an employee, those laws supersede or augment the standards of the FLSA. read more

California Wage and Hour Lawyer: Overtime - Don't Be Ripped Off By Your Employer

By: William Turley | 2010-09-25 | Law
Don't be ripped off by your employer. Under California wage and hour law, you are entitled to overtime pay. This Guide will help keep your employer's hand out of your wallet. read more

Federal Minimum Wage Law

By: Patrick Hanan | 2010-10-25 | Law
The first Federal minimum wage was $0.25 per hour in 1938. Signed in by FDR that year, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has since been altered numerous times to reflect the changes in the country's minimum wage. read more

Overtime Rules and Procedures

By: Ashley | 2011-04-07 | Law
This article discusses overtime laws and what to do when you are not receiving the compensation you deserve. read more

Employment Law

By: Sara Goldstein | 2010-10-08 | Law
Just about every job you can think of comes with certain rights that your employer must abide by such as being treated fairly and with respect and being paid for work that you do. Regardless of your age, sex, race, religion, or sexual orientation, you are entitled to basic rights in the workplace regardless of where you live and work. While employment law differs from state to state, there are certain "unalienable" rights all employees are due. read more

Analysis of garment employment of excessive overtime over what? - Service level, labor overtime - th

By: aoao | 2011-04-11 | Public Relations
Factory employment situation is like continually turning out of the mechanical gear, like squeezing the time of the workers. From January 1, 2008 date read more

Wage and Hour Issues

By: Sara Goldstein | 2010-10-08 | Law
Employment law is a vast area of law that covers issues such as discrimination in the workplace, wrongful termination, maternity leave, and union issues. One of the most common areas of employment law has to do with wage and hour issues. read more

Risks Of Poor Employer Wage Reporting

By: Rob Barker | 2010-12-29 | Article Marketing
This informative article explains the penalties and problems that businesses face if they fail to report wages properly, and how outsourcing payroll to professionals can help them to avoid these problems read more

Why You Are Exempt From Overtime?

By: IWC "�" Industrial Welfare Commission | 2011-01-06 | Arts & Entertainment
There are specific criteria of employees who are not allowed to receive wage for the extra hours they worked. FLSA has made certain rule and regulation which helps you if you are exempt from overtime. read more

UK Employment Law

By: Claire Jarrett | 2010-09-17 | Law
Like virtually every country, the UK has a set certain rules and regulations for employing people. These rules are almost similar for British and foreign citizens, except for certain rules that take care of immigration and visa related issues. read more

Challenges of Employment Law

By: Steve mich | 2011-12-29 | Law
Employment Laws in any country govern the way Employers and Employees can interact at the work place. The rights of Employees are clearly defined in the Employment Laws and so are the duties of Employers. read more

Is Your Employer Paying the You Right Amount of Overtime Pay?

By: Wendy Moyer | 2010-09-18 | Law
In today's economic environment a number of employers may feel that they can take advantage of their employees by not paying them any wages for the overtime work that they have performed. However, unless the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) specifically classifies a person as an "exempt" worker, he or she must be paid no less than 1 ½ times (150%) their regular hourly rate for any work they perform over forty hours in a workweek. read more